$$$$KeralaAl Karama
Kalpaka A Malabar Restaurant cooks Kerala coastal seafood inside the Regent Palace Hotel in Al Karama, Dubai, with a lunch and a late dinner service.
OrderKarimeen pearl spot fry with kappa tapioca and a Malabar prawn curry.
TipLunch and dinner are separate services, with a break in the afternoon.
$$$$IndianAl Karama
Calicut Paragon in Al Karama, Dubai, cooks Malabari dishes from Kerala's Calicut coast, heavy on coconut, fresh seafood and slow-cooked biryani.
OrderChicken biryani, Chicken stew, Paragon pepper chicken
$$$$IndianAl Karama
Saravanaa Bhavan in Al Karama, Dubai, is the local branch of the global vegetarian South Indian chain, serving dosas and idli on steel plates.
OrderMasala dosa, Idli, Filter coffee
$$$$KeralaAl Karama
Calicut Paragon, a Kozhikode name dating to 1939, cooks Malabar biryani, fish moilee and beef fry in a plain Al Karama dining room in Dubai.
OrderChicken biryani with a side of fried Kerala prawns and a bowl of chicken curry.
TipMost dishes come in full and half portions, priced to match, so a table can try more of the Malabar menu.
$$$$IndianAl Karama
Bikanervala in Al Karama, Dubai, is the local branch of the vegetarian Indian sweets and snacks chain, serving everything from burfi to full thalis.
OrderMasala dosa, Chole bhature, Assorted namkeen
$$$$Indian VegetarianAl Karama
Bikanervala serves pure vegetarian thalis, chaats and sweets behind Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel, a reliable Al Karama room for Dubai's vegetarians.
OrderChole bhature with a side of jalebi and a glass of sweet lassi.
TipThe sweets counter at the front sells by the kilo; buy dessert on the way out rather than at the table.
$$$$North IndianAl Karama
Delhi Darbar is the Al Karama branch of the Mumbai founded chain, a busy North Indian room on Za'abeel Road serving mutton biryani and butter chicken.
OrderMutton biryani with a side of butter chicken and garlic naan.
TipThe menu runs from rumali roti and tandoori chicken to biryani, so a table can cover the tandoor and the rice pot in one order.
$$$$KeralaAl Karama
Malabar Paris Restaurant has cooked coconut fish curry and appam in Sheikh Hamdan Colony since 2010, a trusted Kerala kitchen in Al Karama, Dubai.
OrderFish curry with appam and a side of prawn roast.
TipThe fish pollichathu, marinated and cooked in a banana leaf, is the dish reviewers single out.